Brandon Routh joins Arrow for Season 3

Brandon Routh is donning his Super-duds again, but it’s not what you might think! Former Superman, Routh (34), is set to join the cast of Arrow as Raymond Palmer, also better known as the DC Superhero ‘The Atom’. He joins as a recurring character as the new owner of Queen Consolidated. As we know from the end of season 2, **SPOILERS**, Ollie no longer owns the company, leaving a sizable hole to be filled, and who better to take such a role than a Superhero? Ray Palmer is a physicist, creating the technology that allows him to shrink his body to subatomic size in his alter-ego as ‘The Atom’.

The Atom… He knows stuff…

On the show he is a supposed love interest for Felicity Smoak and seemingly has mysterious plans for the Queen Consolidated Applied Sciences Division. Who knows what’s in store for the heroes of Starling City?

Brandon Routh’s other TV work includes Chuck, Partners, and recently Chosen & Enlisted. He is also famously known as Superman in Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns, he also had roles as Todd Ingram in Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, as well as providing the voice to John Marlowe a.k.a. ‘Everywhere Man’ in the cartoon The Batman.

Also joining the cast of Arrow this year are Sin City’s Devon Aoki (as DC Comics superheroine “Katana”), Karl Yune (as Katana’s husband Maseo Yamashiro), and Peter Stormare (as the new Count Vertigo). Arrow will debut its newest season in the US on Wednesday, 8th of October.

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